SLIDER

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

This
summer, the UK’s leading sparkling wine brand, Freixenet, have been
inviting the nation to celebrate the #LittleThings in life. Whether it’s
jumping onto a train carriage just as the doors close, your toast
falling butter side up or finding that piece of clothing you’ve wanted
for ages is now on sale, we think they’re worth celebrating!

So
they challenged me to document the moments that give you that secret
“yes” feeling here on my blog! This was such a lovely challenge and
super easy for me as I realised that I am used to taking snaps on my phone when something makes me smile, so all I had to do was look though my recent photos and see what #LittleThings have made me smile lately!

______________________________________________________________

Andrews
sister brought me back a super gift from a trip I didn't realise she
had been on so it was a lovely surprise when she said "oh we brought you
this back from America" A new scent for my collection and she picked
well, I love anything apple flavored!

Frexinet
also had an event which I went along to with Charlotte! There was lots
of food and Frexinet drinks plus crazy golf! Drunk crazy golf is lots of
fun plus we had the best pizza ever - Mushroom and Truffle Oil mmmmm.

Andrew
took me to Disney which definitely wasn't a little thing - it was a
big, huge thing although just before we left he took me to all the shops
and bought me presents which was super sweet!

Plus how happy Molly was to see him when we got home.

and then we tried to have one last BBQ before winter but it did start to rain haha

Trying to have our Saturday afternoon nap and Molly wanted to join in. Look at her staring at me haha She loves Andrew.

Annddd Date night with Andrew! He took me out for a giant steak at Gaucho and then to Kanaloa for drinks and pretending we were in Hawaii!

Monday, 29 September 2014

When Waitrose got in touch and asked me to make my favourite
British dish, my new favourite dessert was the first thing that came to my
mind. Although at first, I wasn't 100% that it was originally British but luckily for me,
after a Google search, I discovered it was!

"Banoffi Pie is an English dessert pie
made from bananas, cream
and toffee from
boiled condensed milk, either on a pastry base or one made from crumbled biscuits and
butter."

On
Saturday morning, Andrew and I popped to our
closest Waitrose (Buckhurst Hill to be exact) and went looking for
ingredients.
I've always loved Waitrose for food shopping - the food always tastes
much better quality. mmmm. For the base all you need is 100g of melted
butter and 250g of crushed digestive biscuits. Put
the biscuit crumbs in a bowl and pour over the melted butter, mix it all
up and
push it down in a cake tin, then leave it in the fridge to set!

Then for the caramel! 100g butter, 100g dark brown
soft sugar and 397g can Carnation Condensed Milk. Melt
and stir the butter and sugar in a pan over a low heat. Add the condensed milk
and bring to a boil for about a minute, stirring all the time! When its ready, let it cool and then
pour the caramel over the biscuit base and put back in the fridge to cool for an hour
or so. Now
its time to decorate! Whip some cream and mix in some banana slices and spread
it all over the top! I put chocolate cubes and pink sprinkles on top to make it
super pretty!

Needless
to say, it was a very easy procedure for such a yummy outcome - and It tasted
like a real banoffee pie which I totally wasn't expecting, most things I cook don't
taste like they are meant to haha!

Friday, 26 September 2014

Another collective post of all the bits and pieces I've been up to recently. Do you guys enjoy reading these kind of posts?

Flossy Shoes
This was such a lovely, well thought out event! The girls at Flossy Shoes
arranged a little event to launch the Monochrome Flossys ready for
AW14. The found the perfect black and white themed room in the beautiful
Milestone hotel in Kensington!

I
wore my black jeans with a white crop (to go with the monochrome theme)
with was great because as we arrived we were each given our own pair of
B&W flossys! I picked the zig zag design because it was the most
bold print by far!

Bags
down, new shoes on and glass of prosecco in hand we spent the afternoon
chatting and eating all the yummy food, playing around with the
polaroid camera and getting monochrome mani's! Such a chilled and fun
afternoon with some lovely girls!

LateNightLondon
Next
up was a bit strange, I was invited to a Christmas party - I was a bit
confused and Charlotte - who I brought with me - was even more confused
but we still popped along anyway and had a great night out with the
team! There was a selection of Christmas cocktails which we tried all of
before moving on to the giant pornstar martinis and some raspberry
belinis. They were also giving people the chance to win their Christmas
wish by using the #DearLateNightLondon. A couple of people even got
their wish on the night when they were gifted with the handbag they had
tweeted for earlier - What a lovely concept! We were all having such a
good time that after that finished we crossed the road and spend the
rest of the night at G-A-Y!

WeAreCollision
andddd
Georgia is back in England for a week so I brought her along to a
fashion week party with me! We obvs went out for dinner and cocktails
first - I was finally allowed to try Burger&Lobster - She banned me
from going with anyone else so I had to wait until she got back from
Canada haha Then we went out for some more cocktails before moving on to
BEAT for the WeAreCollision parttyyyy!

National Bingo Game
When I was invited along for a night of bingo I was very excited! After I accepted, they then mentioned that there would be tonnes of free food and drinks plus they sorted transport out for me to get there and back - Amaaazing! I had a super great time, as I knew I would haha I actually love playing bingo although sadly, I've never won!

Lush Lakeside
After
a day shopping at Lakeside I popped into their Lush store to meet with a
few of the other Essex Bloggers for a little event! The guys at Lush
talked us through all the face products and what sort of skin they
should be used on before we got started on making our own face masks!
Lots of fun and as always it was lovely to meet with some of the local
girls!

Thursday, 25 September 2014

With LFW just passed Intellicig got in touch with some questions on what I
thought! I actually didn't go this year as my amazing boyfriend whisked me off
to Disneyland Paris
for three days to celebrate our 5 year anniversary together. Is now a good time
to post a few cheeky pics? Ok haha

Now back to those questions! Although I wasn't in London for most of it, I did spend time each evening going through the #LFW on Instagram to see whats been
going on and keep in the loop! As usual there were lots of amazing runways
and even more amazing street style photos, those are what I'm really interested in when it comes to fashion week!

What has your favourite trend been from this season?

From SS14 I've loved the pastels which seem to be huge every year although
sadly I don't think I can pull off pastel too well - I think its my dark hair!
Another thing I have been mad over this summer has been co-ords which I will
definitely be taking into next season with me, just in darker colours and different
shapes!

What are you looking forward to for next season?

I like to go out and buy a few staple pieces for the winter. I hate layering
so I'm usually freezing all though the whole season. I try to buy one huge,
super warm piece - usually a big, snugly knit or an over sized hoody! I've
already got two new winter coats this year..oops

Do you follow trends religiously or do you adapt trends to your own
personal style?

I never follow a trend exactly otherwise I'm going to go into London and bump into
someone wearing the exact some outfit as me haha. I like to take one part of a
trend and add it into my style.

What do you think about the design of Intellicig?

I have never had a proper look at an E-cig or even a real cigarette as I
have never smoked one but there definitely look very sleek!

Which trend is your preference from monochrome, sportswear, tailored and
white wash?

When it comes to monochrome I like it two ways! I love colour blocking back
and white next to each other for the super contrast and looks great when you
add a tiny touch of colour in to mix it up a little bit! But then I also love
the black backgrounds with very intricate white patterns swirling all over them
- usually paisley or tiny floral designs!

How will you be watching LFW and what celeb spotting are you looking
forward to?

As I said before, I kept myself up to date with Instagram mostly, Although I
also used twitter as well and of course the London metro articles on the train home! And
as for celeb spotting, I'm more interested in seeing what my favourite bloggers
were wearing!

Be sure to check out Intellicigs LFW post hereDid You Go To Fashion Week This Season?

Sunday, 14 September 2014

When Travelodge got in touch to ask me to come and review a night at one of
their hotels, I was very excited! I spent a while thinking about where might be
best, maybe Brighton or somewhere we hadn't been before but I just love being
in London and having the opportunity to stay out as long as we wanted and not
have to worry about the night bus was just too appealing! I picked Covent
Garden since there was a restaurant we had both been wanting to try out for
ages there plus there's always loads going on there in the evening too! The
hotel was in a great location about a minutes walk away from the plaza part which is always a plus!

A Travelodge, for me, is somewhere that I would book for one night only if I
was going out clubbing and wanted to stay out over night or maybe for a work
stay, although there were lots of tourists there as well. The rooms were super
small which explains my lack of photos - my phone camera is a little zoomed in
and there just wasn't enough room to stand back and get a good view of the room - although I think this might just be because it was London as I saw someone else
stayed at the Brighton branch and their room looked huge! Otherwise, the room
itself was nice and clean, had a big white bed and that's all I was hoping for
really as we were only going to be using the room to relax and sleep in. It had all the basics like tea and coffee for two and there was enough
room to hang up an outfit or two each on the little rail! There was a nice
sized mirror and a TV plus a little shower room and toilet.

Wednesday, 10 September 2014

Last week I was invited to the launch party for Nostalgia at InTheStyle, which is Charlotte from Geordie Shore's new collection!

I arrived at the club, just off of Oxford Street, to a hoard of papparazzi and was greeted by a glass of champagne! The event was sponsored by Zing Vodka so there were bottles of it everywhere and it was free vodka all night which was annoying as I wasnt able to stay that long since I had to be up at 6 the next morning for work!

I picked this pretty two piece from Lauren Pope's collection at ITS to wear for it. I had an interview before the party and I loved that I could wear this outfit, with a black top for my interview, switch my top and I was ready to go to the club - Very versatile!

Tuesday, 9 September 2014

ohh
it's starting to get a little bit chilly again and for someone who has
been avoiding her skinny jeans since early June that is not a good
thing! I tried to start wearing them again this week but it got so bad
that I had to take them off mid dinner (in Mayfair) with Andrew and
switch into leggings because they were just so uncomfortable - which he
thought was hilarious! I really need to find a pair of super comfy
skinnies!

Another
issue I have is I absolutely hate wearing tights so if I'm going to
wear a dress it's going to be bare legged. What a dilemma! This dress
here helps my situation by at least keeping the top half of my body warm
with its lovely long sleeves! I love how big and floaty this is and how
even though its a very day time outfit, its a little bit more dressed
with my cute little white heels! Perfect for a day at Lakeside I'd say!

WELCOME

GEORGINA | LONDON | TRAVEL | 24

I'm making it my mission to see as much of this world as I can and if that means sleeping on airport floors or eating plain rice because I can't afford anything else (yep, done them both) then so be it!

Bring. It. On.

Follow me on my adventures as I document my way around the world here on my blog!